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I'm sorry to say that in my experience as an interpreter and a teacher (both at college level), I have not seen this correlation. There are as many bad deaf teachers as there are bad hearing teachers. I have encountered many students from deaf schools or programs who were barely literate (as...

I'd be interested in seeing a citation of the study where you got this information about the effects of marijuana on obesity and related health problems. Oh, you only know one or two people this happened to? Never mind.

Ditto all the way.

Yeah, I would really love to have a mainstream teacher come into my class and try to teach it. Even with an interpreter it would be impossible for someone without knowledge of ASL and Deaf culture. For one thing, it's very easy for me to pick out the grammatical points to focus on, as they are...

Really? Because something is illegal, that's why it's "wrong"? That is a statement with the least amount of critical thinking possible. And it is in fact legal in a number of states for patients who qualify. So how does that help your "argument"? And my mother works two jobs because she LOVES...

My mother's smoked pot regularly since she was 14 years old. She has had a successful 20-year career as a Broadway company manager and at age 63, still tokin' and smokin', she is working two regular jobs plus regularly volunteering for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. She is healthy as a...

As you know, I'm teaching college English to underprepared deaf students. I don't believe there's any way I could do my job if I hadn't gone through an ITP and been an interpreter for a while. As good an understanding as possible of Deaf culture is required in my classroom. Hearing teachers...

In my opinion it was. As far as I'm concerned clients have every right to fall asleep in class just like hearing people. The hearing students don't have people with them to wake them up, so I don't feel it's appropriate to wake up a client. That is not interpreting, that is caretaking. We are...

This is what I was going to say. As bad as the interpreter shortage is, interpreting services for deaf-blind people are even more scarce. Many interpreters are uncomfortable with the closeness required to interpret for the deaf-blind. Given your motivation I think you could be a great asset to...

That is not a source. I gotta leave this thread as there is so much misinformation in it I will go crazy if I keep reading. No wonder sick people can't get their medicine.

I am a college instructor of English for underprepared deaf students. I develop, oversee, and teach the entire writing curriculum. I am also working on my class' WebCT website. I work at school of course but also many many hours at home on lesson planning, correcting papers, the website, etc. I...

That is not among my signs for PENIS. It sounds more like a sign for INTERCOURSE to me. There's no reason to make the circle unless you're talking about some kind of sex. It's just a body part. If an interpreter is that shy to not be able to sign PENIS or VAGINA then she is going to have...

It's perfectly possible to use signs for these without non-signers knowing. Yes, the class will look at the interpreter to see if they can catch the "dirty" signs, but you either simply sign them with no extra emphasis and nothing revealing on your face, or you come up with nonce signs with the...

I think you misunderstood my comment.

Yes, and that's exactly why it's best that deaf clients provide as much information as possible when requesting interpreters, and why interpreters should request as much information as possible. If an interpreter is uncomfortable with harsh language, she's probably safer taking professional...

To get told how inferior we are and how little we know compared to you? :hmm: Yeah, it is an interesting comment. As a teacher of deaf college students (not to mention a regular here), I can say there is definitely a certain way of writing that is common to many deaf kids who grew up with...

To get told how inferior we are and how little we know compared to you? Yeah, it is an interesting comment. As a teacher of deaf college students (not to mention a regular here), I can say there is definitely a certain way of writing that is common to many deaf kids who grew up with limited...

I was taught "the bad signs" in my ITP. It's something interpreters have to know along with everything else. We used the "Signs of" books and our teacher had a popular bit of instruction called "The F*ck Lecture," basically about all the different ways to use that word and how to make them...

Pinky, please read the original post. It is explained there. The sign for MOSCOW looks like the ASL sign for MENSTRUATION.

Agreed. If someone can find a citation for me I'll take it back but I doubt there've been any definitive studies concluding what percentage of ASL is classifiers.